Timely Initiation of Complementary Feeding and Associated Factors among Mothers of Children Aged 6–24 Months in Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019
Table 1
Frequency and percentage distribution of sociodemographic characteristics of mother with children aged 6–24 months in Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 275).
Variables
Category
Frequency (n = 275)
Percentage (100%)
Age of mother in years
15–19
3
1
20–24
58
21
25–29
129
47
≥30
85
31
Religion
Orthodox
132
48
Muslim
125
45.4
Protestant
9
3.3
Others
9
3.3
Educational status of mother
Illiterate
75
27.2
Read and write
45
16.4
Grade 1–8
40
14.5
Grade 9–12
59
21.5
College and above
56
20.4
Occupation of mother
Housewife
130
47.3
Government employed
54
19.6
Private organization employed
10
3.6
Merchant
54
20.4
Daily laborer
9
3.3
Others
16
5.8
Ethnicity
Amhara
242
88
Oromo
14
5.1
Tigre
11
4
Afar
8
2.9
Marital status
Single
3
98.1
Married
270
1.1
Divorced
1
0.4
Widowed
1
0.4
If married, educational status of husband
Illiterate
62
22.9
Read and write
36
13.3
Grade 1–8
32
12.2
Grade 9–12
64
23.6
College and above
76
28
Occupational status of husband
Government employed
74
27.2
Private organization employed
30
11.1
Merchant
52
19.2
Daily laborer
57
21
Farmer
53
20
Others
4
1.5
I do not know
11
4
Family size including the current child
1–3
132
48
4–6
134
48.7
7–10
9
3.3
Persons who live with mother in addition to husband and children